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Known as the "Home of the Kerosene Lamp," Kitaichi Glass is in a timber-frame and stone building that was built in the 1890s a a fishery warehouse. This well-preserved and maintained building now houses a glass store and a restaurant that is lit with only kerosene lamps. It's conveniently close to a parking area where you can get free parking...
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This particular shop has a larger web presence, but there actually are numerous little shops along these streets. I really liked Kitaichi, though. They had great glass dishes and decorations. I'd buy something again just to watch them wrap it!

This attraction was mostly a very large glassware shop selling all sorts of glassware, from lamp to jewellery. There is a small glass blowing workshop across the road where visitors can watch the artisans at work, but the workshop would fit perhaps 10 people at most, while the retail shop took up at least 3 units. There were 2 cafes...
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If I had more money to spend, I would have probably liked this place a lot more.
The glassware is beautiful, and the price reflects that. The salespeople were pushier than the other shops I'd been in, but were very knowledgeable about the different products and the techniques used to create the items.
I'd love to go back someday when...
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